NAME

ample - Ample MP3 server

SYNOPSIS

ample [OPTION] [PATH...]

DESCRIPTION

ample Ample is an MP3 server that allows you to listen to your music
that can be stored locally or remotely. It does not intend to support
mixing, radio shows etc. It’s just an easy way to listen to your MP3’s
everywhere using the "open location" features already present in XMMS,
WinAmp and Media Player. After installing, configuring and starting
ample, try connecting to http://server:1234/ with the "open location"
feature of your favourite MP3 player or http://server:1234/index.html
with your favourite web browser.

OPTIONS

-pNUM--port=NUM
Listen to TCP port NUM, default is 1234.
-o--order
When a list of files is requested, play them in alphabetical
order.
-cNUM--clients=NUM
Allow a maximum of NUM clients to be connected at the same time.
-n--norecursive
Don’t automatically index files in subdirs of the directories
being indexed
-fFILE--conffile=FILE
Use FILE as config file instead of the default
/etc/ample/ample.conf. See ample.conf(5) for details.
-mFILE--htmlfile=FILE
Use FILE as HTML template instead of the default
/etc/ample/ample.html. See ample.html(5) for details.
-h--help
Display help message and exit.
-d[NUM]--debug[=NUM]
Print debug messages, a higher value of NUM means more detail.
-t--trace
Disables forking and backgrounding, useful for debugging.
-v--version
Display version information and exit.
-i--pidfile[PIDFILE]
Write a PIDFILE to handle ample as a daemon
[PATH...]
These are path(s) to files or directories that Ample can use to
populate it’s list of MP3’s. If PATH is a directory, all files
(possibly recursively, see the -n option above) will be added.
If PATH is a regular file ending with .mp3 it will be added and
if it is a regular file ending with .m3u (MP3 playlist) the
files listed in it will be added.

FILES

/etc/ample/ample.conf
The default config file (another file may be used, see the -f
option above). See ample.conf(5) for further details.
/etc/ample/ample.html
The default HTML template file (another file may be used, see
the -m option above). See ample.html(5) for further details.